Letters Home 1944-1945: Women Airforce Service Pilots

There were 1,074 WASP who graduated from cadet training. Bernice Falk was one of them. Her mother saved the letters she wrote home as well as those from her brother, Lloyd, who was serving in Europe.

Having been promised military status should the WASP program prove successful – which it was – the WASP were crest-fallen when told the program was to be disbanded December 20, 1944. This was the result of the adverse and incorrect information given to members of Congress.

Her determination to remain a pilot after the WASP were disbanded and how she accomplished this feat are outlined in detail. Her subsequent marriage to Joe Haydu, a World War II flight instructor, and their flying experiences, make for fascinating reading.